Device for handling and suspending articles collectiviely



Oct. 28, 1941. M. COLEMAN 2,260,560

DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND SUSPENDING ART ICLES COLLECTIVELY Filed June 21, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 In ventor Mar/ Co/ eman A ttomeys Oct. 28, 1941. M. COLEMAN 2,260,560

DEVICE FOR HANDLING AND SUSPENDING ARTICLES COLLECTIVELY Filed June 21, 1940 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1n ventor Mar/ 6 (Z/emah A itorneys Patented Oct. 28, 1941 a I J: 2,299,560 {DEyIc FoE-n NnLrNG AND SUSPEND'IN I 1:

' ARTIQLESCOLLECTIVELY'1m-z? a I Marie coiel'nan', imam Townshigllcttineau Y,

County, N. Dak.

Application June 21, 1940, Serial No. 341,783

1 Claim.

This invention relates to clothes lines and more particularly to means for attaching clothes and similar articles to an ordinary clothes line, and has for the primary object the provision of a time saving device of this character which will permit articles of the kind specified to be conveniently applied in large numbers to an auxiliary line within a house and carried therefrom and easily and quickly attached to the ordinary clothes line in a collective manner so that the usual practice of attaching each article to the ordinary clothes line will be obviated and consequently eliminate a person spending long periods of time out-of-doors in cold weather in applying and removing articles from the ordinary or outof-doors clothes line.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the present invention supporting a plurality of articles on an ordinary clothes line and constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view illustrating one of the suspension hooks.

Figure 3 is a perspective view illustrating one of the auxiliary clothes line attaching hooks.

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating a plurality of articles arranged on the auxiliary clothes line and attached to a carrying medium,

Figure 5 is a side elevation illustrating one of the suspension hooks.

Figure 6 is a front elevation illustrating one of the suspension hooks.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the numeral 5 indicates an ordinary clothes line attached to supporting posts 6. It has been the present practice of attaching clothes and other articles onto the clothes line 5 by clothes pins wherein each article is applied and secured in a separate manner requiring a person to spend a considerable period of time in carrying out such operation out-of-doors. Of course, in cold weather this procedure is very undesirable and to eliminate the present practice, it is proposed to provide means for collectively securing a large number of clothes or other articles onto the clothes line in a quick and eificient manner.

An auxiliary clothes line is indicated by the character I and has secured to its ends hooks 8 which are employed for securing the auxiliary clothes line in substantially parallelism with the clothes line 5 by engaging the hooks 8 in loops 9 formed in the clothes line 5 adjacent the posts 6. The various articles are secured on the auxiliary line 1 by conventional clothes pins I0.

Connected at spaced intervals to the auxiliary line I is a plurality of suspension hooks or members II which may be readily snapped onto the clothes line 5 after the connecting of the hooks 8 to the loops 9 to prevent undue sagging of the auxiliary line with respect to the clothes line 5, Further, the suspension members or hooks I I are employed for connecting the auxiliary line with the articles applied thereto onto a carrying device I2 consisting of a bar or rod I3 and a bail I4. The bail I4 intermediate its ends is provided with a loop forming a handle I5. One end of the bail is in the form of a keeper I6 into which one end portion of the bar I3 may be removably positioned while the other end of the bar is integrally connected to the other end of the bail by a tension forming loop IT. The tension forming loop I1 acts to retain the bar I3 in engagement with the keeper I6 in a safety pin fashion. In use, the suspension hooks or members I I are applied to the auxiliary clothes line I at spaced intervals and the articles of clothing are secured on the auxiliary line by the ordinary clothes pins II). This entire operation is conveniently carried out within a house or laundry. Also, the rod I3 of the carrying device I2 is disengaged from the keeper I6 and then threaded through the suspending members II and reengaged with the keeper. The auxiliary clothes line with the articles applied thereto then can be conveniently carried by a person to the ordinary clothes line located out-of-doors, The various suspending devices are then removed one at a time from the carrying device and applied to the clothes line 5 and the hooks 8 applied to the loops 9 which completes the rapid and convenient manner of attaching a plurality of articles on the.

clothes line 5.

Each suspending member I I consists of a shank I9 which has one end bent to form a double hook portion 20 through which the auxiliary line I may be laced, as shownin Figure 4. A portion of the shank I9 is offset, as shown at 2|, and then bent to form a tension forming loop or eye 22 and then bent to form a clasp portion 23 which coacts with the offset portion 2| in gripping the ordinary clothes line 5 or through which the bar I3 of the carrier may be passed. The

clasp portion 23 is urged in engagement with the shank l9 by the tension forming eye 22 so In a device of the character described' gain I auxiliary clothes line adapted to have articles secured thereto for spaced suspension relative to each other, a plurality of clasp type suspension members engageable with the auxiliary clothes line at spaced intervals and providing therein kinks acting to separate the articles from each other, and a carrying member including a bar insertible through thesuspension members and a bail portion integrally a'nd'fleizibly con nected with one end of the 'bar and provided with a keeper to engage the other end of the bar whereby the suspension members may be threadedpn'and offsaid bar and prevented from accidentally'sliding off said bar when the latter is engaged with saidkeeper.

MARIE COLEMAN. 

